L608, Survey of Non-Traditional Beliefs Agenda:

1. Class I, September 22 Introduction Sources Mystical Traditions What Is a Mystic Classical Elements

2. Class II, September 29 Resolution of Karma

3. Class III, October 6

4. Class IV, October 13 Choice Understanding Karma, Reincarnation and Free Will Choice Changing Your

5. Class V, October 20 Changing Your Energy Gender and Mental Gender Healing Systems

6. Class VI, October 27 Chakras Kundalini Energy Layers in Body Mystery Schools Lesser Mysteries/Greater Mysteries Ley Lines

Linda Bender [email protected] Phone: 703-451-0253

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Chakras

Chopra Center: “To visualize a chakra in the body, imagine a swirling wheel of energy where matter and consciousness meet. This invisible energy, called Prana, is vital life force, which keeps us vibrant, healthy, and alive.”

there are seven of them

some of the Who’s the Matter with Me material is tied to chakra locations throat and heart in particular you have: two single pages that were hand out items: color print of body with placement chart based on the info from Mitra

easier to follow with the separate charts

are also in your handout after the Mitra info

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Chakras

From material held by the Jains

Jainism is an ancient religion from India that teaches that the way to liberation and bliss is to live a life of harmlessness and renunciation. The aim of Jain life is to achieve liberation of the soul. www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/jainism/BBC

concepts “released” sometime in 1970s former monk by the name of Chitrabhanu came to US from India founded Jain Center in NY in 1973

March 7, 1980, St Andrews Methodist Church (somewhere in northern Virginia!)

First Chakra: MUDLAHARA Location: base of the spine Element: earth Human sense: smell

Visualization: yellow square or cube, sit on it and let it grow larger sense of four sides: north, east, south, west alternate: yellow circle with cross inside

Mantra: SHEE-VUM’ SHANTI feeling of joy peace, tranquility love

Notes: benediction to earth if being successful, then sense of smell is intensified if sense of smell goes, then need to work with first chakra if give out peace to earth, then get back security use when you feel fear security is not in “things” we own, security is within

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Second Chakra: SWADISHTANA Location: below the navel Element: water Human sense: taste

Visualization: body of water at night with a crescent moon may see self in the moon see the light on the water moon grows to full and then you become the moonlight

Mantra: MANO RAMUM in mind player in the mind

Notes: place of one’s own residence creative energy therefore sexual therefore build security and then enjoy psychologically is feelings of self esteem all the fluids related to creative and sexual energy sense of taste intensified lovers must be secure with each other if not there is no sexual energy when in touch with this chakra get a increase in self esteem get sense of direction increase your own individuality sense of joy

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Third Chakra: MANIPURA (city of jewels and the jewels reflect light) Location: from navel up to base of rib cage Element: fire Human sense: sight

Visualization: fire around sides of a triangle

Mantra: RAM given to life to this center, mind and body

Notes: power center, communication fire center OK to be helpless, but must take responsibility and ride it out can always transcend it once take responsibility can usually change it slowly but it works umbilical cord center if want control, let go of the control control self, not others people who always plan ahead, think ahead, because want to be in control are stuck in the 3rd chakra fire = agni in use this with 3rd eye to burn up old tapes to burn up old tapes: SITKARA: burning of the snake 1. relax and open up 3rd chakra say RAM, RAM,.... until chakra opens 2. take a deep breath picture the experience just had and all the feelings see flames burn the picture 3. take a breath and let it out with a hiss burns any left overs breathe through nose disturbs other chakras if breathe through mouth story of monkey and jar of chick peas: monkey sticks his hand in the jar and grabs peas mouth of jar is too small if hold onto peas, cannot get hand out let go and will find jewels give space for own divinity will empty self and there will be room

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Fourth Chakra: ANAHUT or ANAHATA (resounds with beautiful feelings of love) Location: heart Element: air Human sense: touch

Visualization: sky blue pearl, expand until merges with air around it sparkling point of white light

Mantra: SO HUM that I am SO: inhale: life HUM: exhale: I am

Notes: get in touch with feelings opens the heart center, then develop skills inhale fresh life, exhale poisons and toxins plug into this center and will when plug into divinity we are a drop in a grand ocean but drop and ocean are the same stuff, merge and then can’t tell the boundary between two become one heart has wisdom that is incredible, let it out if do not love, cannot breathe and cannot live

when love looks up , it is reverence when love looks down, it is benevolence when love looks eye to eye, it is acceptance use I Corinthians 13 for a definition of love

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Fifth Chakra: VISHUDHI Location: throat Element: aether Human sense: hearing

Visualization: oval, scarlet or mauve or transparent expand to infinite

Mantra: AIM (said fast and short) element of wisdom wisdom through experience on the feeling level (not through knowledge)

Notes: purity of purity essence of essence creative will center, will create activity within body everything around, inside, and within, means that get a cup relationship between inner and outer space of person implies personality, body shape, etc. as get in touch with this chakra: words are more powerful in harmony with everything, even worst enemy give space to everything and every one pick up see time: past, future, present get meaning behind “Time does not exist” there is no form, divinity is everywhere are in it when open the 4th chakra, then throat works better don’t feel as much pain learn to say things so it is easiest for others use words they will appreciate and understand no paranoia need to be totally open to the first four chakras then won’t misuse this one give space and acceptance to self and to others, has four parts

give space to self | give space to others | ______|______| give acceptance to self | give acceptance to others

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Sixth Chakra: AGNA (the command post) Location: third eye Element:

Visualization: concentric circular rainbow with all the colors red at outside, white light in the middle may see a silver star

alternate: two beams of light out to right and left curl around and meet in back then move through brain center and back to third eye makes a white light at point on forehead

Mantra: PRAGNA SUKURNUMUM wisdom bliss, tranquil joyfulness

Notes: sense of discrimination can see self in movie of own life can eliminate unhealthy thoughts can open and use to deal with difficult person can look at own body and find illness master does control of all thoughts works like a projector

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Seventh Chakra: SHASTRADA Location: crown (same as soft spot on baby’s head) Element:

Visualization: lotus with 1,000 petals, self is at center

Mantra: OM ARHUM’ NAMAH universe that which is I surrender to pure spirit with in with out

Notes: sense of true being place of consciousness level of rare sense of painter be painted by the painting no sense of separation, only a sense of one-ness true bliss, totally aware of everything

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1. Honors the Earth

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Chakra Color Location Element Endocrine Chopra Center Astara crown violet crown pineal pure consciousness brow indigo/ third eye pituitary , sixth navy sense blue throat blue throat ether thyroid communication, speak highest truth heart green heart air thymus compassion, love self and others solar yellow naval up to fire solar power/warrior plexus base of rib plexus? cage adrenals? navel orange below the water naval, creativity, hence naval extend into sexual as well spleen root red base of earth gonads base, spine groundedness

Sources: Robert Mitra, Jain Center, 1980 Chopra Center, Michelle Fondin, National Ayurvedic Medical Association

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Kundalini uses meditation on the chakras and particular Yoga postures to train/stimulate there is a curled bit of nerve near the base of the spine it uncurls and touches the spinal cord causes an energy rush up the chakras better not to work with it unless you have a teacher who is skilled with it needs to happen slowly and gently need to open the chakras slowly and deal with all the issues

can cause problems if fires off and you are not ready compare to mystical experience does not seem to be the same thing at all: mystical experience is oneness experience with the Godhead this is something involving the energy centers that go up spine

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Energy Layers in Body

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Mystery Schools school with closely held wisdom and teachings passed down in oral tradition from teacher to student train by taking years of learning and resolving issues learn to use the powers physical initiation involves testing ancient schools used a mystical death and rebirth based on hints from what I have read involves a kind of ritual death go beyond that by understanding what is real and what is not are then via images reborn long list of mystery schools on the Internet if you want to do this, not do it lightly, takes a commitment 3-4-5 year project, need to pay for the training and membership in the school lots of getting in touch with yourself and your issues and old karma develop some hefty honesty with yourself consider the 4 rabbis who went into the divine orchard or paradise: one went mad immediately one died immediately one cut down the plants one found peace

search for a mystery school that fits you lots of them around now need to research need to ask to talk to some of the long term members/students be sure they teach the greater mysteries: Bardo death process

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Astara Astara.org on the home page, left side click on: Press here for highlights of the Degree Lessons gives some quoted material from the lessons near top at the center is link to their latest newsletter among other things lists the titles of all the lessons, 8 years worth two lessons in one booklet are $11.97 can get half year for $47 in one bound book can get whole year for $77 in one book

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Lesser Mysteries/Greater Mysteries

Lesser Mysteries taught by drama or by story/parable parables in the Bible are examples not necessarily explained learning/understanding of message occurred later understand as run into a similar situation

current examples in movies and novels, get such things as: Jedi Master Yoda training Luke in Star Wars series

James Redfield The Celestine Prophecy The Tenth Insight The Secret of Shambhala The Twelfth Insight (new) Richard Bach Jonathan Livingston Seagull, is now a Part 4 Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah One Illusions II : ,

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Greater Mysteries ancient teachers watch for those ready to learn tested trained, usually a multi year process initiations/ceremonies concerns about misuse of the knowledge and skills so much was held secret were passwords were vows not to release info could be dangerous also see it in books that are difficult to read and/or hard to understand needed to really concentrate to get the message actually written to had to work to understand

now info is being released e.g., chakra info held by Jain weekend lecture session in 1980 NDEs Proof of Heaven

read what works for you trying to wade through the Seth material (Jane Roberts) could manage about 4 pages and mind all over the place finally told to put it away get the same kind of leanring from Jonathan Livingston Seagull which I loved

if pick up info or get an “I wonder whether...... ” ask for confirmations

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Ley Lines none of this is proven concept: from Sir Alfred Watkins, amateur archeologist (1855-1935) book in 1922, Early British Trackways revised and enhanced in The Old Straight Track, published in 1925 showed that straight lines connected some of the powerful ancient sites his idea that they were pathways that people could walk not a lot of scientific support for his ideas

if look on the Internet under ley lines almost a manipulation of data to prove what you want to prove did statistics for a research project sort and resort so the project leaders could show what they wanted to show really reduced my trust in any kind of statistical analysis lots of different answers lots of different maps a certain amount of scepticism major questions about whether they exist or not one site said are fault lines associated with tectonic plates and then used by UFOs for navigation area in New Mexico N/S line that appears to connect sacred sites not necessarily a ley line are locations with powerful energy Stonehenge Glastonbury Tor, UK Ayers Rock, Australia Nazca Lines, Peru Egyptian pyramids at Giza energy diffused by crowds

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Chartres Cathedral, France continued to build sacred/worship places in the same location build up a strong positive energy Mt St Albans, Washington Cathedral down in the Joseph of Arimathea Chapel, under the crossing different from energy up on the main floor crypt: Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem, top of Mt. Moriah walking around, interesting, touristy sacred to many faiths site of two Jewish Temples Abraham to have sacrificed Isaac there (Genesis 22:1–14 Mohammed taken by angle Gabriel to see God and prophets went into the Dome of the Rock went downstairs to actual rock saw how rock was carved/adjusted to allow for sacrifices draining blood, managing the meat, etc energy so strong that I had to hold onto a wall, almost fell over in the middle of the group so I could move to the side

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Resources:

General: http://www.themystica.com/mystica/default.html actually pretty comprehensive, uses and has awards from Encyclopedia Britannica

http://www.crystalinks.com/directory.html

Kundalini http://www.swamij.com/index-yoga-meditation-kundalini.htm most detailed info I found

Mystery Schools: Astara.org

Lesser Mysteries http://www.starwars.com/news/the-starwars-com-10-best-yoda-quotes Yoda training Luke

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